# Project Shadowchaser IV

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{{Infobox film
| name = Project Shadowchaser IV
| image =
| caption =
| director = [Mark Roper](/source/Mark_Roper)
| writer = [Boaz Davidson](/source/Boaz_Davidson) <br />Danny Lerner <br />B.J. Nelson <br />[Mark Roper](/source/Mark_Roper)
| producer = Danny Dimbort (executive producer) <br />[Avi Lerner](/source/Avi_Lerner) (executive producer) <br />Danny Lerner (producer) <br />[Trevor Short](/source/Trevor_Short) (executive producer) <br />Yossi Wein (producer)
| starring = [Frank Zagarino](/source/Frank_Zagarino) <br />[Todd Jensen](/source/Todd_Jensen) <br />Jennifer MacDonald <br />[Greg Melvill-Smith](/source/Greg_Melvill-Smith) <br />[Brian O'Shaughnessy](/source/Brian_O'Shaughnessy_(actor))
| cinematography = Rod Stewart
| editing = Alain Jakubowicz
| music = [Robert O. Ragland](/source/Robert_O._Ragland)
| distributor = [Nu Image](/source/Nu_Image)
| released = {{film date|1996|12|20}}
| budget =
| runtime = 99 minutes
| language = English
| country = United States
}}

'''''Project Shadowchaser IV''''', also known as '''''Shadowchaser IV''''', '''''Shadowchaser: The Gates Of Time''''', '''''Orion's Key''''' and '''''Alien Chaser''''', is a 1996 American direct-to-video [science fiction film](/source/science_fiction_film) by director [Mark Roper](/source/Mark_Roper). It is the fourth and final installment in the ''Project Shadowchaser'' film series.

==Premise==
After two archaeologists discover an ancient alien artifact in Africa, they must run for their lives from both the unstoppable guardian and protector that awakens as a result, and their greedy, madman employer, both of whom want the artifact.

==Cast==
* [Frank Zagarino](/source/Frank_Zagarino) as Sirius
* Todd Jensen as Michael Cavanaugh
* Jennifer MacDonald as Corinne Cavanaugh
* Greg Melvill-Smith as Silver (as Greg Melvill Smith)
* Brian O'Shaughnessy as Professor Morton
* Dave Ridley as Operative #1
* Cordell McQueen as Operative #2 & Arturus
* Greg Poustie as Operative #3
* Chris Olley as Operative #4
* Lesley Fong as Operative #5
* Zane Meas as Operative #6
* Kim Windo as Operative #7
* Roly Jansen as Operative #8
* Tyrone Stevenson as Operative #9
* Bismilla Mdaka as Badimo Sangoma
* Struan Frost as Joey Cavanaugh
* Lindelani Buthelezi as Moses
* Samson Kombule as Sangoma 1
* Pamela Nomvete as Doctor Olin
* Italie Solomons as Policeman in Clinic
* Ian Yule as Odd Job
* Hector Rabotabi as James
* Lucky Mtshali as Dwarf in Bar (as Lucky)
* Vera Blacker as Sister George
* Thato Pitso as 12-year-old boy
* Dick Reineke as Leary
* Professor Mavuso as Doctor 1
* Sello Sebotsane as Sergeant Makojane
* Magi Williams as Jasmine
* Norman Coombes as Father Donald
* Neethling Du Plessis as Orion
* Michael Lewis as Procyon

==Release==
===Home media===
The DVD was released in 1999 by [Image Entertainment](/source/Image_Entertainment) under license from A-Pix Entertainment. The DVD has now been discontinued and as of March 18, 2010, no plans have been made to release a new DVD of the film.

==See also==
* ''[Project Shadowchaser](/source/Project_Shadowchaser)''
* ''[Project Shadowchaser II](/source/Project_Shadowchaser_II)''
* ''[Project Shadowchaser III](/source/Project_Shadowchaser_III)''

==External links==
* {{IMDb title}}

Category:1996 films
Category:1996 science fiction action films
Category:American science fiction action films
Category:American independent films
Category:1996 independent films
Category:Films shot in Kenya
Category:Films shot in South Africa
Category:Films shot in Zimbabwe
Category:Films scored by Robert O. Ragland
Category:Project Shadowchaser films
Category:1996 English-language films
Category:Films directed by Mark Roper
Category:Films with screenplays by Boaz Davidson
Category:Films about archaeology
Category:1996 American films
Category:1996 science fiction films
Category:English-language science fiction action films
Category:English-language independent films

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